#slingjaw wrasse

[snototter]

A male slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)

by Alain Feulvarch

#slingjaw wrasse #wrasses #bony fish #fish #epibulus insidiator #epibulus #labridae #labriformes #actinopterygii #chordata

[nazrigar]

Mermay 2022: Even More Biology-Inspired Merfolk

I was blown away with the response I got from my first batch as well as on my Instagram so here are even more exploration of Biology-infuenced Merfolk, AKA even more of Kara’s neighbors.

Likewise, you can find out more about them on my instagram, as this is not just an exploration of jaw apparatuses, but also merfolk fashion.

Most merfolk clothing are based off of the creatures of the sea and some amphibious critters, from fishes to crocodiles and mammals (like the Elephant seal jacket of the lionfish!)

Woven kelp are another major clothing materials, with clams, pearls and mussels act as jewelry. Sometimes whole critters are used as both fashion and pets! Sharks likewise don’t need braces, so Mrs. Frilled Shark simply thought they were fashionable!

#mermay #mermay 2022 #mermaid #merfolk #orca #killer whale #frilled shark #lionfish #slingjaw wrasse #catfish #gulper eel #pelican eel #whale shark #basking shark #character design #creature design #marine biology #my art #nazrigart

[no-entry-system]

Did a slingjaw wrasse study to see just how long I could draw (its was half an hour, and my hand is now bruised)- I think you can tell where exactly I started to lose it

#no entry wilbur a #fish #slingjaw wrasse

[c-rowlesdraws]

Perhaps Elcor mouths are stretchy? or extendable?

Oh, kind of like a goblin shark or slingjaw wrasse? Interesting idea…

although both of these creatures are predators who use their extendable jaws to snap up prey quickly and by surprise— elcor are herbivorous, and aren’t sneaking up on anything anyway. They’d need some other reason to be able to tuck away their mouth/feeding apparatus.

#elcor #sharks #fish #mass effect #ask #catie talks

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Some friends and I are planning to play a superhero-themed RPG and I'm planning a girl who has limited shapeshifting to give herself features and abilities of aquatic life. Things like octopus camouflage and tentacles, bioluminescence, electric pulses, venomous stingers, etc. And I was curious if you could recommend some really strange and obscure adaptations that could be fun to use, or a source to find information on said strange adaptations :)

Oh you’re in luck, the ocean is full of crazy and cool adaptations of animals! I’m just going to be naming any and all that come to mind in a random order because upon hearing this question I got like a million ideas at once. Stargazer fishes have both electricity impulse-generation ability and venomous spines. Hagfish are a classic, they can secrete tons of super sticky slime. Boxfish can excrete poisons from their skin into the water, and their relatives pufferfishes and porcupinefishes can have several toxins in the skin and organs. Many coldwater deep sea fishes like wolf eels have antifreeze proteins in their blood to survive in the freezing water. Some fishes that sometimes live in low-oxygen environments can respire anaerobically by producing ethanol, for example crucian carps and other carps too I think (goldfish for example). Others have specially evolved swim bladders or highly vascularised tissues in the mouth or have a special derived organ of the gills that can also take in oxygen from the atmosphere to supplement low oxygen, but likely your RPG will take place on land anyway so. Parrotfish have 15 rows of teeth that form a hard beak, the beak is formed from the second strongest biomineral in the world and the parrotfish can scrape rocks and even chew coral with it. The strongest biomineral in the world belongs to chitons, a fellow aquatic mollusk that also scrapes things off of rocks. Cone snails have a venomous harpoon-like radula tooth which they can shoot (their radula “tongue” still attached) at prey and predators alike, paralysing small prey instantly and even killing humans. They even have a radula sac where they store the rest of their radulas, ready for use! Moray eels have a second, tiny pair of jaws that help with grabbing onto prey. Tunas and billfish (and some sharks) can heat up their eyes and brain to gain superior vision while hunting. Also both can change colour — many fishes do in fact. Salmonids can smell their home river while migrating back from the ocean, which requires a phenomenal smelling ability. Besides smell many fish have taste buds all over their bodies, usually focused on any barbels and their faces, like in catfish or sturgeon. Many fishes can sense electricity via ampullae of Lorenzini, famously sharks and paddlefish. Elephantfish sense and communicate with fellow elephantfishes via low frequency electricity. Many fishes have extendable mouths, lips, or jaws, like the goblin shark, slingjaw wrasse and john dory to name a few. Seahorses are ridiculously good predators — though granted, their prey is copepods — that vacuum in their prey through their tubular mouth by jerking back their head. Cuttlefish can cause seizures in their prey by rapidly changing colour. Some squids have teeth in their suckers. Zebrafish can regenerate up to 20% of its heart. Sea stars can regenerate a whole new sea star from a severed arm. Electric eels have their powerful shock, and it is even proposed that they could be able to force their prey out of hiding by generating electricity that moves their muscles.

That’s some that came to mind! And you already mentioned bioluminescence, haha! I named so many things that it’s probably best that you go see more information about each on your own, I think sources are pretty simple to find if you just look up these things with important keywords. Hope this helps!

#asks #anon #anonymous #anonymous asks

[typhra]

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[willtheweaver]

#poll #wet beast wednesday #sharks #cnidarians #crabs #fish #hydrozoan #siphonophore #marine life #marine biology

[findingtheperfectcharacter]

Slingjaw Wrasse is like a snake to me.

#It’s the jaw.

[kaylmao]

you just got Slingjaw Wrasse-ed ! send this to 5million of your closest friends to Wrasse them 🤭

FUCK

[hi888mobi]

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#hi888one

[olfactorypress]

After an entertaining talk by Dr. Kory Evans about the slingjaw wrasse and other fish. #shoalsmarinelab #smlrocktalk #weirdfish #artistresidency (at Shoals Marine Laboratory) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfL-2JkL88p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#shoalsmarinelab #smlrocktalk #weirdfish #artistresidency

[fuckyeahaquaria]

Slingjaw Wrasse | Epibulus insidiator

#slingjaw wrasse #sling #jaw #wrasse #Epibulus insidiator #saltwater #ocean #sea #marine #underwater #undersea #nature #aquaria #aquatic #aquascape #reefscape #reef tank #scuba diving

[psikonauti]

Latent slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus brevis)

#Latent slingjaw wrasse #Epibulus brevis #wrasse #marine life #marine animals #upl #fish #animals

[fimbry]

Just fiddling around with Kailz’s design aka making a nightmare dragon.

Leopard seal meets slingjaw wrasse meets larval lionfish meets eastern dragon

And now you have a leopard seal with a 30ft neck that can throw its mouth at you.

#dragon #fish #Artists of Tumblr #artists on tumblr #kailz #lexartwork

[cyber-phobia]

BD!Izuku except instead of stretchy snake mouth he has an extending fishy mouth- specifically either a slingjaw wrasse or a sarcastic fringehead

Do you have any idea how terrifying this would be

#cybers log #blow dart au

[samoceanwarrior]

Female slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator). The most notable feature of the sling-jaw wrasse is that the mouth of this species is armed with highly protrusible jaws which unfold into a tube which is easily half its head length. The males of this species are greyish-brown with orange on the back, a yellowish transverse bar on the flank and a pale grey head which is marked with a thin black stripe running through the eye. The females can be either bright yellow or dark brown. Taken by #Underwaterphotographer #DanielSasse #poseidondivecenter #natgeoyourshot #Scubadiving #Aonang #Krabi #instadive #Marinelifeprotection #Ouroceans #Underwaterphotography #natgeo #nature #uwpic #Savetheoceans #Marineconservation #Oceandefender #Saveourseas #underwaterlife #fish #ecowarrior #natgeowild #blueplanet #scubashooter https://www.instagram.com/p/CFevwC4BIy5/?igshid=19e5r3cs3l26c

#underwaterphotographer #danielsasse #poseidondivecenter #natgeoyourshot #scubadiving #aonang #krabi #instadive #marinelifeprotection #ouroceans #underwaterphotography #natgeo #nature #uwpic #savetheoceans #marineconservation #oceandefender #saveourseas #underwaterlife #fish #ecowarrior #natgeowild #blueplanet #scubashooter